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THE PROBLEM

The Problem of Religious Fraud
Trinity Foundation's original mission was to creatively explore multiple media to communicate the message of the cross of Christ. But we found there was an obstacle that was keeping many people from hearing the true gospel.

PROFESSOR TELLS WHY IRS IS LEAVING CHURCHES ALONE

Religion News Service’s Mark Silk, Professor of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College, explains why the IRS is leaving churches alone for now… and this includes the fakes as well, as far as we can tell !

WHY WE INVESTIGATE

Trinity Foundation is sometimes criticized for investigating religious fraud. Some say our investigations are an attack on Christianity itself. Nothing could be further from the truth.Read more here.

SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE

In 2007 we began furnishing the committee information for its investigation into televangelists' finances and tax-exempt status. We were disappointed when, in 2011, the chairman Sen. Charles Grassley made recommendations that didn’t include any new legislation.

MEDIA INVESTIGATIONS

A sample of the investigations we have participated in and other findings on religious fraud.

OFFSHORE TAX HAVENS?

The state of Delaware provides the least transparency and the most secrecy for creating shell corporations, according to The New York Times. And the televangelists have taken notice.

Edir Macedo is a new kind of Pope in control of an enormous neo-Pentecostal denomination he created from scratch. Macedo travels in luxurious private jets using a diplomatic passport–protecting him […]

Is Latin American televangelist “Cash” Luna connected with convicted “Queen of the South” drug trafficker? Univision, America’s largest Spanish-speaking network, presented a three-part series called “Magnates of God” last month. […]